“…The concept of a lava flow unit was introduced initially by Walker () and is an important facet in the study of continental flood basalts. Subsequently, many studies of basaltic lava flows, concerning the shapes, vertical sequences (Lockwood and Lipan, ; Waichel et al ., ; Jerram et al ., ), stacking patterns (Single and Jerram, ; Khalaf, ; Vye‐Brown et al ., ) and seismic reflection configurations (Calvès et al ., ; Jackson, ), have been conducted to constrain the eruption, transportation and emplacement mechanisms.…”